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Grampa's Still
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this tune is kind of what I'd like to call hillbilly gothic
country swing rockabilly
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Genre
Country • Alternative Country
Charts
Peak #118
Peak in subgenre #20
Author
Norris, Dooley, Miller, & Atherholt
Rights
2004
Uploaded
February 22, 2004
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MP3 3.3 MB • 128 kbps • 0:00
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GRAMPA'S STILL I was ten years old when granddaddy done spilled the secret He was so damn drunk he didn't even know he leaked it So I followed him down, on his trail like a hound Spellbound by what I'd seen He had fire in his eyes and the devil by his side Kneelin' by that old machine The law all knew granpappy was a-runnin' whiskey They'd cruise by time to time but he said “they would never get me” Lookin' just to book him for the liquor he was cookin' But they never looked over the hill And when they came around to the hollers from town All they found was grampa's still He was rockin’ in his chair like an old man should With his eyes in the back of his head They couldn’t tell if he was breathin’ and he had ‘em all believin’ That he was stone cold dead They went snoopin’ through the gravel just tryin’ to unravel The roots of our family tree But all they found was grampa’s still As still as he could be It was a stormy night and it didn’t feel right Granpappy never stumbled home So I grabbed a flashlight and I headed through the night With a cold chill in my bones I was feelin’ a little scared when I saw him in that chair His blue toes draggin’ in the sand He didn’t leave a will, just a map to the still And a recipe in his hand They could bury grampa but the town couldn’t bury the lies The sheriff and the mayor said a prayer as they wiped their eyes He was rockin’ in his chair like an old man should When they lowered him in the grave With a mason jar clutched in his hands and a smile upon his face All the town folk worried who was gonna carry on the old man’s legacy But even though grampa’s still His secret is instilled in me
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